tonight, 45 million americans under alerts. the ice storm and now the dangerous cold. multiple states. the death toll mounting. and then the brutal cold moving into the northeast. wind chills up to 50 below zero. also tonight, the search of president biden's home and rehoboth beach. and the funeral of tyre nichols. first tonight, that deadly ice storm. the grip on several states continues. hundreds of thousands now without power. roads again turned into sheets of glass. 45 million americans on alert for ice, snow, and brutal cold. from texas all the way up to the northeast. mireya villarreal in dallas. rob marciano on the cold coming to the northeast. the fbi search of president biden's delaware beach house. 3 1/2 hours, it took. the president's attorneys cooperating. and what they said after it was over. mary bruce standing by at the

white house. the terrifying morning commute on a bus and then a train, turning deadly in washington, d.c. a suspect allegedly pulling out a gun, first on the bus, then heading to the subway. several people shot, including a metro employee who died while trying to stop the gunman. pierre thomas in washington. the funeral for tyre nichols. remembered as a loving son, brother, and father. vice president kamala harris and the reverend al sharpton. what they said. and what they vowed to push for in congress. stephanie ramos from memphis. cell phone video played in the alex murdaugh trial today. the prosecution playing this video from alex murdaugh's son's phone. it was taken just minutes before the murders. and what they say it shows. eva pilgrim reporting. the high stakes meeting at

the white house. president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy. did they find any common ground? what was said afterward? rachel scott live on the hill. the warning from the cdc tonight about a very common brand of eye drops. they are investigating a death and dozens of cases of infections, some leading to blindness. and tom brady, and what he said today about retiring for real. gisele and her message tonight. and the sports stars, including patrick mahomes, and their message tonight. and it's universal. good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a very busy wednesday night. and we begin tonight with 45 million americans under alerts. the dangerous cold moving in, all the way up to the northeast. wind chills in some places expected to hit 50 below zero. and this deadly ice storm, the death toll mounting tonight. alerts from texas all the way up the east coast. highways covered in sheets of ice. tonight, the images as more than 350,000 homes and businesses are without power.

this football field right here covered with a thick sheet of ice. in dallas, look at this, traffic struggling to get up an incline. this was interstate 20. in eastern arkansas, ice snapping utility poles along interstate 40. flames and smoke, in fact, seen coming from one of them. near memphis, tennessee, tonight, icy roads causing a pileup near interstate 55. and at the dallas/fort worth airport today, a standstill, except for a convoy of snowplows clearing the snow and the ice. meteorologist rob marciano standing by on this brutal cold moving in right behind this, and abc's mireya villarreal in dallas tonight. >> reporter: tonight, roads like sheets of glass. drivers spinning their wheels. on this curve south of fort worth, vehicle after vehicle going off the road. this pickup struggling to get back on the pavement. after hundreds of spinouts and

accidents this week, tonight, officials say the death toll on texas roads has risen to at least six. when dozens of semis got stuck on i-20 in dallas tuesday, an army of jeeps from a local offroad club sprang into action, hooking themselves together with tow ropes, pulling those semis one by one. >> my dad's a trucker and i feel for them, and i know i want to do what i can to help them out. and i know the rest of the guys do, too. >> reporter: in austin, tree limbs snapping under the weight of ice. north of there, crews racing to clear blocked streets and repair utility lines torn by ice-encrusted trees. across the state, more than 300,000 customers don't have power tonight. across the country, airlines canceling more than 5,000 flights since the storms began. the residual effects could last days. david, this freezing rain is expected to continue throughout

the night. and it will no doubt create black ice on sidewalks and roadways. it is dangerous and it is deadly. and it's the reason i'm not moving right now. these conditions will once again be treacherous for drivers on the roadways during rush hour tomorrow. david, it has been a very long week for everybody here in this region. >> yeah, no question about that. be careful, even on the sideway there, mireya, and so close to the road. thank you for that report. let's get right to senior meteorologist rob marciano tracking the ice storm and, of course, the bitter cold right behind this, all the way up to the northeast. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi, david. that cold air that's been stuck at the surface going to take another 12, maybe 18 hours to get scoured out, so, still have the ice storm warnings that are up from the tennessee valley all the way back to the rio grande, and the third and final pulse of moisture coming overtop of that cold air right now in across the dallas area. that will continue overnight tonight through little rock and then memphis. then, heavy rains start to come in. that will help mix up that cold and warm air and turn it all over to rain by tomorrow night. it gets to the coast and into

the atlantic. then it will help pull down friday night some really cold air into the northeast. minus 10 for a wind chill in new york city, minus 33 in boston. 40 or 50 below in maine. that could be some of the coldest air they've seen there in decades. david? >> yeah, those are eye-opening numbers tonight. rob, thank you. now to the other major news this wednesday night, the emotional farewell to tyre nichols. his funeral in memphis today, where he died after that brutal beating by police. vice president kamala harris joining his grieving parents. she vowed if congress passes the george floyd justice in policing act, that president biden will sign it, she said. and what the vice president said to tyre nichols' family. abc's stephanie ramos in memphis. >> reporter: tonight, the family of tyre nichols laying the 29-year-old to rest, three weeks after he died following a brutal police beating captured on disturbing video. >> tyre was a beautiful person and for this to happen to him is just unimaginable. >> reporter: nichols remembered by his family as a loving

father. a beautiful soul who enjoyed skateboarding and sunsets. his sister keyana -- >> i see the world showing him love and fighting for his justice, but all i want is my baby brother back. >> reporter: in the congregation, family members of george floyd, eric garner, botham jean, and breonna taylor, all of whom died at the hands of police. vice president kamala harris in memphis, as well, embracing tyre nichols' mother before addressing the crowd. >> this violent act was not in pursuit of public safety. it was not in the interest of keeping the public safe. was he not also entitled to the right to be safe? >> reporter: reverend al sharpton eulogizing tyre nichols with strong words against those five memphis police officers seen beating him. >> in the city that dr. king

lost his life, not far away from that balcony, you beat a brother to death. >> reporter: both harris and sharpton calling on congress to pass the george floyd justice in policing act, which calls for comprehensive police reform. harris saying president biden will sign it. >> why do we want to see that act passed? because then you'll have to think twice before you beat tyre nichols. >> reporter: attorney ben crumb says representative sheila jackson lee plans to reintroduce the bill after the state of the union and will include a tyre nichols duty to intervene clause. today, right here at the church, vice president harris hand-delivered a letter to the parents of tyre nichols from president biden. in it, he writes, "their love for tyre will be the source for their strength." david?

>> a very moving day there in memphis. stephanie, thank you, again. we're going to turn to the new fbi search of president biden's vacation home. fbi agents' cars seen outside the property today. the third sight now searched for classified documents. the president's lawyer confirming the search, cooperating with it, and afterward saying no documents with classified markings were found. but what they did take from the moment. home. here's our senior white house correspondent mary bruce tonight. >> reporter: this morning, cameras catching the fbi arriving at president biden's delaware beach home, where for 3 1/2 hours, they combed through every room. the white house says the president cooperated fully. >> today in a planned consensual search with the justice department, they went through the rehoboth beach house, and no classified marked documents were found. >> reporter: but the fbi did take some of biden's handwritten notes from his time as vice president for further review. it comes 24 hours after we learned that agents searched the

president's former private office back in november, after biden's lawyers found classified documents there. today, we pressed the spokesman for the white house counsel's office on why the american people were informed about today's search, but not about the one in november. you're disclosing this search, but you did not disclose that the fbi also searched the president's former private office here in washington. do the american people have a right to know about that? >> yeah, i think we've been pretty transparent from the very beginning with providing information as it occurs throughout this process. >> reporter: but why didn't you disclose that search? >> i think it's important to understand that as these things develop and as information develops throughout an investigation, we're trying to get you guys access to as much information as we can. >> reporter: today was the first day on the job for the special counsel investigating this matter, robert hur. pressed on whether the president would be willing to sit for an interview with him, the white house tonight isn't giving a direct answer, instead, they are stressing that the president has been fully cooperative so far, and they say that cooperation will continue. david? >> all right, mary bruce on this again tonight. mary, thank you. and mary, as you know, there's also news coming in involving the fbi on another

front tonight. abc news confirming that the fbi is investigating congressman george santos for his alleged role in a go fund me campaign that raised money for a service dog that belonged to a disabled navy veteran. that navy vet confirming a call from the fbi. he had said he never saw any of the more than $3,000 that was raised for his dog. the dog has now died. santos has denied knowing the man, but go fund me has confirmed to abc news that that account did belong to santos. also from washington tonight, the high stakes meeting at the white house. president biden and the new house speaker kevin mccarthy meeting for the first time since republicans took control of the house. on the agenda, of course, the need to raise the country's debt limit to prevent a potentially catastrophic default this summer. let's get to rachel scott tonight. rachel, we know there are differences, but in this polarized country, a somewhat refreshing initial readout from this meeting from both sides, signaling respect for the other. here was the house speaker. >> we had an hour conversation

about this that -- i thought was a very good discussion and we walked out saying we would continue the discussion, and i think there is an opportunity here to come to an agreement on both sides. and i think that's the best -- i think that's what the american people want. look, they want us to be responsible and sensible about this, and that's exactly the way we're handling it. >> this was something today, though it's just the start. rachel, mccarthy going on to say the meeting was better than he thought, he said that he's hopeful that there will be a deal before the deadline, and we are just now hearing from the white house tonight. what are they saying? >> reporter: exactly, david. the white house calling that hour-long meeting straightforward and frank. but these are tough conversations, and right now, both sides are playing hardball. house speaker kevin mccarthy says he will not commit to raising the debt ceiling until the president commits to spending cuts. in a statement, the white house says the president welcomes a separate discussion with congressional leaders about how to reduce the deficit and control the national debt. but they made it clear that raising the debt ceiling should

be done without any negotiations or conditions. republicans and democrats have largely worked together over the last 80 years to raise the debt limit, and tonight, the white house is insisting that congress has an obligation to do it once again. david? >> all right, you'll be following it for us. rachel, thank you. next tonight, the terrifying morning commute there in washington turning deadly. a suspect allegedly pulling out a gun on a bus and then at the station, then on the train. several people shot, including a metro employee who died trying to stop the gunman. here's our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas from washington tonight. >> reporter: the morning commute in washington, d.c., today erupting into gunfire and descending into chaos, with one person killed and three others wounded. >> i got one person down, not conscious, not breathing. >> reporter: around 9:00 a.m. an argument on a metro bus carrying over to the street. police say the gunman, described as an african american male, shoots the victim in the leg, who then escapes. moments later, that suspect

confronts a man trying to buy a subway ticket inside a normally quiet metro station in the southeast. >> my victim is stating the suspect approached them outside the turnstile gate, grabbed a hold of them, shot him in the leg. >> reporter: that victim also able to get away, but it's not over. the suspect approaching a woman. two metro workers noticing and try to intervene. but police say the shooter takes aim at one of the workers and fires. >> he actually was shot back of his head, as well. he's unconscious. giving cpr right now. >> reporter: 64-year-old robert cunningham, a metro mechanic, dies. the shooter then boards a sitting train, brandishing his firearm before commuters tackle him. apparently dislodging that weapon which falls onto the train tracks. authorities say a third victim suffers minor injuries. police later arriving and arresting the suspect. >> through the heroic actions of our citizens, our community, to disarm the shooter, i can't put a price on that.

i think they saved lives. >> reporter: david, i want to return to mr. cunningham, the mechanic who was fatally shot today. metro officials saying tonight he acted with extreme bravery to help save a customer. david? >> yeah, so many people calling him a hero after this morning. pierre, thank you. we're going to turn now to the bombshell testimony in the trial of that once prominent south carolina attorney, alex murdaugh, accused of murdering his own wife and son. the prosecution today playing video from alex murdaugh's son's phone, the son who was killed. the video taken just minutes before the murders. and what the prosecution claims it shows about the timeline that murdaugh had offered. here's abc's eva pilgrim tonight. >> reporter: tonight, alex murdaugh's alibi potentially destroyed by his son's own video. >> get back, get back. >> reporter: prosecutors

revealing a 58-second cell phone video recorded by paul murdaugh directly contradicting alex murdaugh's story, placing him at the murder scene minutes before his wife and son were shot to death. in the video, you can see paul going into a pen on the family's property to check on a friend's dog. in the background, you hear other voices. >> hey, he's got a bird in his mouth. >> bubba. >> hey, bubba. >> it's a guinea. >> it's a chicken. >> come here, bubba, come here, bubba. >> catch, quick. >> reporter: murdaugh claimed he didn't go to the family's kennels that night until he found his wife and son's bodies. >> i was up at the house. i laid down, took a nap on the couch, probably, i don't know, 25, 30 minutes. >> reporter: in emotional testimony, close family friend rogan gibson recalling how he talked to paul murdaugh that night about his injured dog. paul telling him he'd take a video. >> did you hear any other voices when you were on the phone with paul about 8:40? >> i did. >> and what voices did you hear? >> i heard ms. maggie. >> and who else did you hear? >> i thought it was mr. alex i heard. >> reporter: cell phone records show paul took that video right after that call. minutes later, he and his mother

were dead. >> did you ever get that video? >> i did not. >> reporter: police later showed gibson that vie the kennel. >> and what voices did you hear? >> paul's, ms. maggie, mr. alex. >> how sure are you now? >> positive. >> 100%? >> that's correct. >> reporter: prosecutors playing that video for him again in court. >> can you point out alex murdaugh, the person whose voice you recognize in this video in this courtroom? >> sitting right there in the gray jacket. >> reporter: but the defense pushing back, painting a portrait of a happy family. >> they were loving to each other and to paul and buster and their friends, correct? >> that's correct. >> can you think of any circumstance that you can envision, knowing them as you do, where alex would brutally murder paul and maggie? >> not that i can think of. >> reporter: and today, a cell phone expert testified it appeared alex murdaugh deleted call logs from his phone. david?

>> eva pilgrim following this trial for us. eva, thank you. when we come back here tonight, the suspect accused of kidnapping and torturing a woman, saying he used social media, well tonight, that suspect now dead. and also, now connected to a double murder, after they surrounded the home. and an important warning later tonight here about eye drops. kids. they're just different than us. they have no inhibitions, consider silverware optional, and can find fun anywhere. when kids get really sick, they're different than us too. that's why the leukemia & lymphoma society is introducing the dare to dream project. with the largest global clinical trial for kids with blood cancer, it'll be the biggest medical advancement for little patients in history. to help transform treatment and care for kids and support all the work we do, donate now at lls.org.

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finally tonight here, tom brady retiring, for real. here's victor oquendo. >> reporter: today, exactly one year to the day after announcing his first retirement, tonight, tom brady says his playing days are over. this time, for real. >> i'll get to the point right away. i'm retiring, for good. >> reporter: the 45-year-old revealing his decision on social media with a little humor. >> i won't be long-winded. you only get one super emotional retirement essay and i used mine up last year. >> reporter: a 23-year nfl career that included ten super bowl appearances, winning seven of them. >> tom brady is a super bowl champion again. >> reporter: his decision comes after a trying year. he did lead his team to the

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>> as tyre nichols is laid to rest, see how people in the bayd pledging to make changes. > the three local companies paying thousands of dollars over th paycheck protection a fast-moving front will bring us rain soon. abc7news at 6:00 starts now. >> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. >> tonight, into the issue of joe -- of drug overdoses as part of our work to build a better bay area. from a local famous mr. president biden. >> i'm appealing to president biden as a parent. >> to one-man ceaseless efforts to save lives on the streets of san francisco. to think they should be forced into treatment? >> you don't give up on a person because they say no to it. you ask them the next day and

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